tepezolin

Central Nahuatl

Noun

tepezolin

(Milpa Alta) partridge

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tepeçulin (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From tepētl (“mountain”) +‎ zōlin (“quail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [te.peːˈsoː.lin]

Noun

tepēzōlin (animate, plural tepēzōlimeh)

partridge
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 193v:
  Perdiz aue conocida. tepeçulin.
  A partridge, a known bid. tepeçulin.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 102v. col. 2:
  Tepeçulin. perdiz.
  Tepeçulin. a partridge.
- c. 1600, anonymous author, Anónimo mexicano, f. 11r:
  onca:ncanaía, tepe Zolime. totochtin, cuauhtotolim, Mazame, ozo lome, cuamíztin, tecuanímê, […]
  There were partridges, rabbits, fowl, deer, jaguars, mountain lions, and savage beasts; […]

Derived terms

tepēzōlānqui
tepēzōlconētl
tepēzōlpēhua (verb)

References

Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, transl. (2005), Anónimo Mexicano, Logan: Utah State University Press, page 29
Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 102

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